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Nuclear industry fears on the safety of Iran’s nuclear power plant

“They say trust us, but there’s no such thing as trust us in nuclear politics. “

Iran reactor disaster warning from whistleblower, The Australian, Martin Fletcher October 08, 2011 IRAN’S first nuclear power station is unsafe and will probably cause a “tragic disaster” according to a document apparently written by an Iranian whistleblower. Continue reading →

October 8, 2011 Posted by | Iran, safety | Leave a comment

Israel prevents nuclear whistleblower Vanunu from emigrating

Israel bars nuclear whistle-blower from emigrating: media, Google News, 7 Oct 11 JERUSALEM — Israel’s supreme court on Thursday barred nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu from emigrating on the grounds he still poses a threat to state security, Israeli media reported. Vanunu, under orders to stay in Tel Aviv and not to speak to journalists, “has proved several times he can not be trusted and does not respect the letter of the law,” supreme court judges said in turning down his appeal.

The prosecution charged he posed “a real danger to the security of Israel,” while the judges stressed the 56-year-old former nuclear technician had contacts with unspecified “foreign elements.”

Vanunu served 18 years behind bars for disclosing the inner workings of Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant to Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper in 1986. He was released in 2004 but banned from travel or contact with foreigners without prior permission. He has since been sanctioned more than 20 times for breaking the rules.

Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed power in the Middle East, with between 100 and 300 warheads, but it has a policy of neither confirming nor denying that.

The Jewish state has refused to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or to allow international surveillance of its Dimona plant in the Negev desert of southern Israel. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9x-LXW9KK7ZK3qTE9Lev88ZJTHg?docId=CNG.c05571d1da8b533f5fbbc6407b4da20d.ae1

October 7, 2011 Posted by | civil liberties, Israel | Leave a comment

Israel’s increasing isolation – danger of Israeli pre-emptive nuclear strike

Fears an excluded Israel may strike Iran’s nuclear sites, SMH, Ruth Pollard.October 6, 2011 JERUSALEM: There are growing fears Israel’s increasing isolation in the region has led it to consider a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, prompting a flurry of diplomatic activity and a public warning against any unilateral action from a former Mossad chief. Continue reading →

October 6, 2011 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Israel a nuclear threat to Middle East

Turkey claims Israel nuclear threat, Sky News, October 6, 2011 Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has branded Israel as a ‘threat’ to its region, accusing it of owning nuclear weapons.

‘I right now see Israel as a threat for its region, because it has the atomic bomb,’ Erdogan said in a foreign policy speech during an official visit to South Africa.  Israel has never officially admitting to possessing nuclear weapons, but is widely believed to be the only Middle East country to have them….. http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=669810&vId=

October 6, 2011 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Iran’s nuclear deal offer seen as a positive move

For the West, the idea offered a way to restore a degree of trust in ties with Tehran and help in the search for a comprehensive diplomatic solution to the nuclear dispute.

US cool on Iran atom offer, experts see chance, Arab News By FREDRIK DAHL | REUTERS Oct 3, 2011 VIENNA: An Iranian attempt to revive a nuclear fuel deal that fell apart in 2009 has drawn skepticism from the United States, even though two Western think-tanks urged Washington and its allies to pursue the proposal. Continue reading →

October 4, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Opportunity for USA and Iran to compromise

An Iranian Offer Worth Considering, WSJ, By ALI VAEZ AND CHARLES D. FERGUSON, September 29, 2011 A nuclear research reactor in Tehran may hold the key to resolving the prolonged nuclear stalemate between Iran and the West. The Iranian government is running out of the 20 percent-enriched uranium it needs to operate the reactor, and that appears to be making it amenable to compromise.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently proposed that Iran suspend production of some uranium-enrichment activities in exchange for fuel supplies from the United States. Whether the offer is an olive branch or an act of necessity, it is an unprecedented opportunity for Washington and its allies….   read more – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/opinion/30iht-edvaez30.html

September 30, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Assassination of Syrian nuclear engineer

Nuclear engineer assassinated in central Syria, Google News, By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press –28 Sept BEIRUT  — A Syrian nuclear engineer was assassinated in a hail of bullets in central Syria Wednesday, the latest casualty in a string of murders this week of academics and scientists, Syria’s state-run news agency and activists said…. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnOHsAhVxsnDJ9jEIZD61VPys3nw?docId=ec1618918d8744d5aa3c247c0ba32580

September 30, 2011 Posted by | safety, Syria | Leave a comment

Unguarded uranium – yellowcake for the taking, in Libya

post-Gaddafi Libya affords little or no protection to this vast haul of material which, if refined, is the essential element of a nuclear bomb.


‘Uranium’ stockpile uncovered in Libya, SMH, Richard Spencer, September 27, 2011 SABHA: International atomic agencies and Libya’s rebels say it will take weeks to safeguard at least 10,000 abandoned drums thought to contain uranium. Continue reading →

September 27, 2011 Posted by | Libya, safety, Uranium | Leave a comment

Involvement of the West in sabotage and assassinations in Iran?

 former officials said, the U.S. and its allies have secretly ramped up covert actions aimed at slowing Iran’s nuclear progress toward a bomb….

Ex-officials see signs US and allies have stepped up sabotage against Iran’s nuclear efforts Washington Post, 26 Sept 11WASHINGTON — Iran’s star-crossed nuclear and energy programs have suffered a rash of setbacks, mishaps and catastrophes in the past two years.

Assassins killed three scientists with links to Iran’s nuclear programs. The Stuxnet computer worm that famously infected computers worldwide zeroed in on a single target in Iran, devices that can make weapons-usable uranium. Dozens of unexplained explosions hit the country’s gas pipelines, and Iran’s first nuclear power plant suffered major equipment failures as technicians struggle to bring it online.

Has Iran just been unlucky? Probably not. Continue reading →

September 26, 2011 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Qatar urges international action on Nuclear Non Proliferation

this aim remains elusive in light of Israel’s continued building of nuclear weapons and construction of other reactors and the pursuit of other countries in the region to have nuclear energy, our main concern is the need for the international community to think of a formula to avert environmental disaster, as the one that occurred in Japan or in Chernobyl,” al-Sada said.

Qatar stresses nuclear free Middle East, Gulf Times, 26 Sept, QNA /New York, Qatar has reiterated the importance of activating and implementing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and turn the Middle East into a nuclear weapons-free zone.   Continue reading →

September 26, 2011 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Israel should come clean about its nuclear weapons

Muslim nations demand Israel open its nuke program to IAEA viewing, Washington Post, 23 Sept 11, VIENNA — Muslim countries at a 151-nation conference demanded Friday that Israel open its nuclear program to international purview, asserting that its undeclared arsenal is a threat to Mideast peace.

Unlike in recent years, however, Arab states did not push for a resolution directly targeting Israel by name after such an attempt was narrowly voted down at last year’s International Atomic Energy Agency general conference.

And with few exceptions, the tone of the verbal attacks on the Jewish state appeared less confrontational. A planned IAEA meeting in November would bring Arab nations and Israel to the table to explore what can be learned from other regions that have set up zones free of weapons of mass destruction.

As in past years, the conference did pass a resolution calling on all Middle East states to adopt the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in an indirect demand on Israel, the only country in the region not bound by the treaty.

But even Israel did not oppose that document, abstaining instead of voting against it after failing to have a specific paragraph that effectively singled out the Jewish state without naming it struck from the document…… http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/islamic-nations-demand-israel-open-its-nuke-program-to-iaea-viewing/2011/09/23/gIQAl0N8pK_story.html

September 24, 2011 Posted by | MIDDLE EAST, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Iran ‘s offer to stop enriching uranium

Iran offers to halt enrichment, if West provides uranium, Dawn.com, 22 Sept 11, WASHINGTON: Iran has offered to stop its production of low enriched uranium, provided the West gives it the nuclear material, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published in Thursday’s New York Times…. Continue reading →

September 23, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Iran nuclear experts subjected to spying and assassinations

Iran nuclear chief says UK spies shadowed him, By Fredrik Dahl, VIENNA   Sep 20, 2011 (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear energy chief accused British spies on Monday of shadowing him around the world — even to the “back door” of his university office — to gather information ahead of a failed assassination attempt on him last year. Continue reading →

September 21, 2011 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Iran’s call for nuclear talks is refused by USA

U.S. Rejects Iran’s Call For Nuclear Talks Payvand.com Source: Radio Zamaneh, 16 Sept, 11, The U.S. has rejected the proposal to resume nuclear talks with Iran, accusing the country of a “charm offensive” in a letter to the European Union. The U.S. says Tehran has made no new commitments to address international concerns around its nuclear program…..
http://www.payvand.com/news/11/sep/1152.html

September 17, 2011 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Libya lied about nuclear weapons – documents reveal

MI6 caught Libyans lying about nuclear weapons, documents reveal MI6 caught the Libyans lying about their stock of nuclear weapons after uncovering a secret network of arms supplies from Pakistan, documents found in Tripoli reveal.Telegraph, By , and Richard Spencer 05 Sep 2011…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8743226/MI6-caught-Libyans-lying-about-nuclear-weapons-documents-reveal.html

September 6, 2011 Posted by | Libya, weapons and war | Leave a comment

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